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If you're hoping to get some naughty action as soon as possible, you should start pursuing Android users. Because according to a recent survey, they're more likely to have sex on the first date than those who use iPhone or BlackBerry devices.
Venture Beat reports that a survey commissioned by dating site Match.com focused on the dating habits of iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry users (or — more specifically — iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry users who happen to be single and Canadian). And while correlation certainly doesn't imply causation — purchasing an Android device won't make someone suddenly get the urge to leap into bed — the survey results are certainly bound to raise an eyebrow.
Of the individuals surveyed, 62 percent of Android users said they've had sex after the first date, suggesting that they're "most likely to be seduced" right away. In comparison, 57 percent of iPhone users and 48 percent of BlackBerry users admitted to hanky-panky on the first romantic outing.
OkCupid
Of course, while Android users appear to be the quickest movers, it's worth noting that an older survey — this one by OKCupid — found that they tend to have the lowest number of lifetime sexual partners.
It's possible that those particular statistics might be out of date at this point though — they were originally published in 2010, when not nearly as many people had Android phones — because the Match.com survey suggest that Android users are also most likely to have one-night stands.
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Wow...this is EASILY one of the dumbest stories I've read this year (and I'm a heavy reader, so I've been "treated" to quite a few)...
Of course, the goal was to get me to read it, so "mission accomplished", MSNBC *sigh*...
you must have missed the "most android users, use their phones on the toilet" article from yesterday.
SLTRunner, it's not really that dumb if you know how to use information. When I was a kid growing up Catholic, I went to confession and told the priest I had premarital sex. He asked me "with who?" I told him I couldn't mention the girls name. He started asking me "was it with so and so or so and so?" So to sum things up, I got a list of girl's names that were sexually promiscuous.
Dude, genius!!
Two thumbs up, an Android phone user!
Have you seen Android users compared to iPhone and Blackberry users? Of course they're more likely to have sex on the first date, 'cause they don't want to pass up what might be their only chance for years at a time. Overweight, ugly or otherwise unattractive people are also more likely to have sex on the first date for the same reasons. Heck, they also tend to be more likely to use Android phones. ;)
And Dirtydog200, recounting a Red Bull commercial and claiming it as your own? Really? Tell me. What OS does your phone run? ;)
miss webOS :-(
dirtydog200: Yeah, we've all seen those Red Bull commercials.
There were no cell phones when I was in high school---apparently no one was having sex.
Correlation does not imply causation.
dirtydog200 - I read that joke at least a decade ago.
L.J. Rhodes - Android users have more sex because they're not obsessive about everything in their house being an Apple product, which only another Apple-freak would tolerate. Android users get out into the world, instead of standing in line for a phone that has slightly updated camera software and an OS that releases to everyone anyway. Android users aren't intimate with their phones and devices, they're intimate with human people.
There's still the fact that while Android users may be more aggressive on the first date, Apple users are still whores according to the 2nd survey; twice as many "partners".
dirtydog200, when you recite a joke that is older than dirt you should mention that.
This story proves one thing only, younger people with less money use Android phones. Looking at the graph that shows number of partners and it all makes sense. Blackberry and Apple owners are older therefore they have had more sex partners. Or is the chart stating that every single person in the survey was 30 years old?
Younger Android users are more likely to have sex because society is raising them to be whores. Let me rephrase that, the entertainment industry is programing your kids to be whores. TV, movies, internet, all accessible on these devices, make any kid believe that sex is okay, nothing wrong with it. knock yourself out just don't knock yourself up.
This last statement to extreme? Why are we reading and commenting on this pathetic article?
What I find even more amusing is that we have been trying to do away with labeling people yet we see stupid articles like this labeling people. Sure it's lighthearted but it is still labeling.
MSNBC, if your goal is to go tabloid on us please feel free to notify us so I can just pay attention to my RSS feed and stay away from this site.
No need to thank me for the click.
Browns Backer, the expression "older than dirt" is older than dirt and you didn't mention it. Who's trying to do away with labeling people? Do you have a mouse in your pocket? I should mention the mouse comment is older than dirt, as per your instructions.
So according to MSNBC, Android users are more likely than Apple users to both use their phone on the toilet and have sex on the first date.
I can't tell if you're trying to make us look bad, or just demonstrating that we're just generally more fun than Apple users...
Well makes sense, Apple users don't take craps, they never take craps, that's why they are full of .....
So why would sex on the first date happen when you're full of .....
But Apple users have lifetime partners, cause they were able to tolerate each other's ....
It's all starting to make sense now :)
Another totally fabricated story by someone at MSNBC who thinks they are special because they have an Iphone.
It was a link from a Venture Beat report, and survey by okcupid. so your theory towards msnbc is squashed.
Pwned
Here's how you level criticism to dross such as this:
Correlation is not causation. You might be able to show that people who eat bran muffins are more likely to be hit by a truck. It could be true that every person ever hit by a truck ate a bran muffin, but eating a bran muffin isn't the reason you were hit by a truck!
Here's some other research that oughta be done.
Who's taller, shorter, fatter, thinner, bald, pregnant, right-handed, sports fan, philanderer, stripper, professional, laborer, craftsperson, homebody, mountain climber, cave diver, sailing enthusiast, T-ball coach, child molester, rapist, money launderer, banker, scuz bucket, uglier or richer?
Who goes to concerts more, Android or iPhone? (I'm not counting Blackberries, cause they're going under soon. Windows just doesn't count, period!) Who uses condoms? Who travels more than 25 miles to work every day? Which user is more likely to have an affair? Who dies first? Where's the population concentration, urban or rural? I NEED a state by state breakdown, damnit!!! How can I KNOW all this critically important information if I'm only being given vague and general statistics?
I want the Federal Government to do a census of every frickin' smartphone user in this country and give me a breakdown. How old are they, by phone? How many texts a day? How much time on the web? Who wears shorter skirts? Boxers or briefs? Who's got milk?
See, that's the problem with all these surveys. They just don't go deeply enough or ask the right questions. Enquiring minds want to know!
Be talkin' to you......................Webrydr
Oh, I use an Evo 4G. It's my "tablet killer."
Yeah right, you'll be eating those words in the near future. Windows phones rock!
Now that I think about it, If your life is defined by the Apple products you own, then your life is really pathetic.
I didn't read it but I can see the dating site commercial now.
"I just read that android users are more likely to have sex on the first date...."
"Well I got my droid right here bitch! So what do say we skip dinner and you let me tap that!"
One Night Stan's, the dating site for sluts!
When you take off her pants you hear, "DROID:)"
Yesterday's story, now this one... I sure hope this isn't going to turn into the most stupid and useless series of stories every written. Give us a break, Rosa!
What about Windows phone users? No love for Windows eh?
they just don't get sex.
Wishful thinking, but I can confirm from first hand experience that this is not true.
Must have recently popped your cherry. Although your survey of one about one is probably as accurate as this story.
When I was in high school, it was chicks with Princess phones...
When I was in High School, it was the girl who greased her buggy springs.
When I was in high school, it was girls that didn't wear panties...
When I was in highschool only a few girls put out cause none of them had phones.
When I was in high school it was Ma Bell who stopped the sex from happening since you wore a leash.
That would be a good old fashioned corded phone attached to your wall for those of you born after 1990.
This has to be one of the most worthless surveys ever. How do you know when a new agency doesn't have anything to report worth while? Come up with some stupid survey.
They will tomorrow and you will read it too.
This just in: Every person in the history of humanity who has eaten food will either die or has died.
Finally some information I can use!
If this isn't about the stupidest article I have ever witnessed on MSNBC. Get real MSNBC jeeze.
Q. What's the similarity between the display Android phone at the mall kiosk, and a teenaged girl that uses an Android phone?
A. They're both dirty, greasy little things that get fingered alot.
I'm very sorry! It was there.
Do people actually get paid real money to conduct such "surveys"? I'm not familiar with the site, but does Match.com ask you what type of phone you use as part of the application process? Do they match you up based on phone type? What nonsense.
I just got an android this morning and wouldn't you know it, the ladies are all over me! I'm having sex right now!
Pics or it didn't happen. And you have a Droid... so you have the capability...
=^^= That's true....
rotflmfao......congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am getting one tomorrow too. should be laid by some biiiiaaatttchhh by afternoon.
But apple superfans are still more likely to try to have sex with their phone the first day they bring it home.
Can gay guys still have sex even if they have "droids"?
No question about it. But i THINK i READ A SURVEY THAT MORE GAY GUYS AHD IPHONES.
What a dumb study. What does your choice in operating system have to do with your morals?
Besides, I remember reading iPhone users are supposedly more promiscuous, which was another dumb study and pointless correlation.
Look at your name..Hot in Miami..you must have a droid. Did the phone melt?????????????//
Hot-in-Miami,
You are totally right. http://flowingdata.com/2010/08/11/iphone-users-are-more-promiscuous/
Wow, what a @!$%#ed up marketing strategy.
I don't want 'droids' syndrome.
What does this story tell us. "Buy a 'droid' phone now, and you too can have sex on the first date."
Serious? I mean @!$%#ing seriously?
What do I see when I read this story? Teen pregnancy, STD, aids, rape....
This story is wrong on so many levels, it's beyond stupid.
well you read it. Don't click on it then. I find it interesting. It's true too. You must be some old fuddy duddy......
I read it. I can't unread it. I feel dumber.
I can confirm! Android cks are just easy!
If you want to see this authors best work, you should wait for the "Deals of the Day" where the entire page is filled with links to trash...links which she does not mention provide her pennies per click.
It's what happens when wannabee's think they can write...and by the way, anyone can start submitting articles to MSNBC...but I guess you can see that.
Sorry Rosa, it's getting to the point where everyone is catching on...but chin up kiddo because writing isn't for everyone. (You've probably told so many people that you "write" for MSNBC.com... so it's gonna be an ego crusher, but we're here if you need us)
I like her writing. Very informative and you read the story.
"Very informative"? Booohahahahahahaha
OMG somebody call 911, I can't stop laughing.
(and I read about 100 other articles yesterday too, some of them sucked also...what's your point?)
There's an App for that!
Hey, I'm all for a decent, physically clean, medically healthy female, to have sex with!!! ;-)
What is this stupid crap you have been running about iPhone users vs. Android users? How stupid do you think we are. How can you expect any response save for utter hostility? WTF?????????
It may be a stupid story, but if the only way you can respond to something you don't like is with utter hostility, you should get help (preferably with an in-patient stay). It is just a minimally amusing story that you are not intended to take seriously.
New Pick-up lines...
"Hi, what's your phone?"
"Is that an Android in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"....."Both"
"Call me tonight, I'll set my Android phone to vibrate."
If you have a good line, just hit reply...